James Holley
CEO Traxtion
Jamie possesses deep experience in the transportation industry, gained over the 14 years that he has been in the rail industry. He has served at the helm of two private rail companies in South Africa first as the CEO of Grindrod Rail at 31 years old and now at Traxtion. Jamie took over as the CEO of Traxtion, then Sheltam, in 2016 and has since evolved the company into the largest private rail operator in Africa.
Jamie is the representative for Africa on the Management Committee of the Rail Working Group which is a non-profit organisation promoting the adoption of the Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment.
Jamie is also the Chairperson of the Africa Railway Industry Association which represents the interests of the private sector in Railways in South Africa.
Jamie is a CA(SA) and completed his articles at KPMG in the Financial Services division. He attended Stellenbosch University and holds 5 financial degrees.
2025 Agenda Sessions
The big question - How Africa can develop globally competitive infrastructure platform?
- As the continent looks to turbocharge economic development and mining activities, what does the current infrastructure deficit look like across Africa? Where is the critical access needed?
- How is infrastructure funding being attracted, and what are the funding mechanisms available to develop new infrastructure requirements?
- How can the maximisation of propulsive local and regional economic linkages help expedite infrastructure development?
- PPPs - how are Public/Private partnerships accelerating development of African infrastructure?
Tuesday 04 February 14:00 - 14:45 CTICC2
Intergovernmental Summit Track 1
- As the continent looks to turbocharge economic development and mining activities, what does the current infrastructure deficit look like across Africa? Where is the critical access needed?
- How is infrastructure funding being attracted, and what are the funding mechanisms available to develop new infrastructure requirements?
- How can the maximisation of propulsive local and regional economic linkages help expedite infrastructure development?
- PPPs - how are Public/Private partnerships accelerating development of African infrastructure?
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